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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

904 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

  EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR DOPPLER

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRVIEW...

  WHITEVILLE...SILERTON...RIPLEY...NUTBUSH...MERCER...JACKSON...HOLLY

  GROVE...HILLVILLE...FORKED DEER...DANCYVILLE...CLOVERPORT...

  BROWNSVILLE...BEMIS...BELLS...BELLE EAGLE...ALAMO AND ADAIR.



RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH 1 TO 3 MORE 

INCHES OF RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3579 8871 3545 8878 3543 8885 3539 8885

      3534 8880 3500 8886 3499 8958 3501 8971

      3578 8957

TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 180DEG 0KT 3528 8936



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